Contributed by Mike Smolinski
| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain Thomas Gordon Otterbein | USNA 1970 | May 1996 - 19 November 1999 | |
| Captain David L. Logsdon | NROTC 197? | 19 November 1999 - 15 March 2002 | |
| Captain Michael Robert Groothousen | USNA 1975 | 15 March 2002 - 29 July 2004 | RADM |
| Captain James Patrick Gigliotti | USNA 1979 | 29 July 2004 - 28 July 2006 | |
| Captain Herman Alder Shelanski [Biography] | AOCS 1980 | 28 July 2006 - 18 February 2009 | VADM |
| Captain Joseph Michael Clarkson | AOCS 1981 | 18 February 2009 - 5 August 2011 | |
| Captain Tushar Ramdas ("Haaji") Tembe | AOCS 1984 | 5 August 2011 - 8 November 2011 (1) | |
| Captain Craig A. ("Clap") Clapperton [Biography] | NROTC 1989 | 8 November 2011 - 11 November 2011 (1) | VADM |
| Captain Dee Leon Mewbourne [Biography] | USNA 1982 | 11 November 2011 - 16 August 2012 (1) | VADM |
| Captain S. Robert Roth | AOCS 1986 | 16 August 2012 - 5 February 2015 | |
| Captain Ryan Ben ("Doc") Scholl [Biography] | AOCS 1990 | 5 February 2015 - 28 July 2017 | RADM |
| Captain Nicholas Joseph Dienna | USNA 1990 | 28 July 2017 - 24 July 2019 | |
| Captain Kavon ("Hak") Hakimzadeh [Biography] | NROTC 1992 | 24 July 2019 - 27 August 2021 | RADM |
| Captain David Gavin ("Deedle") Duff [Biography] | USNA 1995 | 27 August 2021 - 19 December 2023 | RADM |
| Captain Michael David ("Dave," "Frosty") Snowden | USNA 1996 | 19 December 2023 - present | |
| Notes: (1) CAPT Tembe died unexpectedly on 8 Nov. 2011. The ship's XO, CAPT Clapperton, assumed temporary command. Then CAPT Mewbourne—former CO of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and USS Enterprise (CVN-65)—assumed temporary command until a permanent captain was appointed. [Back] | |||
Sources: U.S. Navy; Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler; Matthew Elias
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